time for some serious games...

Oh yea, it's play time, so that mean times to get get serious...wait, what? Yes, yes it's true, the Serious Play conference (hosted by The Art Center COllege of Design) said so. Maybe my Californian personality is partial to the "serious play", but this might be a manifesto the world should think about adopting.

The theme: play is seriously creative and innovative if you take it seriously. Play is collaborative, iterative, experimental and generates new moves, new sounds, new music, new games. Play is natural to all primates and when you take play away, development is curbed in people--and monkeys.

We should be understanding that play and innovation are crucial component to successful design. It's the unwritten rules of the playground. In today's world everyone is just looking for some serious fun.